By James E. Smith The biggest age group water polo tournament in the nation is about to start on Saturday in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hundreds of teams from throughout the nation will descend on Silicon Valley and environs for the 2018 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics. 

The words “burned out” infiltrate the swimming vocabulary much more frequently these days. But as swimmers hang up their goggles and caps for good, the reason why isn’t quite as simple as one may think.